Starring Storm Reid, the film is set to frighten us into the 2023 Hallowe’en season. Reid is an exciting new face in the Conjuring series. She is perhaps best known for her role in the hit TV show Euphoria, however this isn’t her horror debut – Reid co-starred in Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man (2020).
Taissa Farmiga, real-life sister of the Conjuring’s Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), will make a comeback as The Nun’s Sister Irene, and Bonnie Aarons is back to haunt us once more as the terrifying demon, Valak.
With James Wan on board as a producer, that original Conjuring flavour might just still pull through, however with Michael Chaves returning to the franchise as director, I’m a little dubious – did anyone really enjoy Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)? However, a new voice is on the screenplay scene – Akela Cooper may not have had a hand in the horrors of the Conjuring franchise but has written episodes for TV greats such as American Horror Story and wrote the somewhat mildly-received Malignant (2021).
When the conversation turns to horror movies, I will always recommend the Conjuring series. As much as I am a Texas Chainsaw, Suspiria, The Thing, classic horror buff, these movies are a joy for their sharp jump-scares and spooky shenanigans.
Speaking on horror as a genre, Bonnie Aarons, who herself plays the titular Nun, summarises the true joy of the Conjuring series for me - ‘it’s exciting, and it makes you pay attention, and it keeps you involved - it keeps you [alert]’.
Was the first Nun “good”? No. Am I excited for the second Nun? Heck yes!